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Denise Lynne Roberts (5 July 196122 March 2003; age 41) was a stuntwoman, stunt actress, and actress who performed stunts in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Insurrection. She was one of the regular stunt doubles for Nana Visitor. Roberts also appeared as a regular background actress in several episodes of TNG and in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

Five of her costumes as stunt double for Nana Visitor were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] In addition, her costume as stunt double for Lori Petty was auctioned off on eBay. [6]

Among her stunt credits are films such as Life Stinks (1991, with Michael Ensign, Matthew Faison, Brian Thompson, and Larry Cedar), Death Becomes Her (1992, with William Frankfather), The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1993, with Rosalind Ingledew, Raye Birk, Matt Roe, Earl Boen, Joycelyn Robinson, Kevin Grevioux, Symba Smith, Simone Boisseree, Maria Kelly, Marcy Goldman, Bill Erwin, and Patricia Tallman), Species (1995, with Jordan Lund, Herta Ware, Richard Fancy, Dana Hee, and Joni Avery), Menno's Mind (1996, with William O. Campbell, Michael Dorn, Robert Picardo, Corbin Bernsen, Tom Wright, and Bill Erwin), 2 Days in the Valley (1996, with Teri Hatcher, Keith Carradine, Louise Fletcher, Cress Williams, Ada Maris, and Maria Kelly), and Titanic (1997, with David Warner, Jenette Goldstein, Michael Ensign, Tricia O'Neil, Shay Duffin, Johnny Martin, Anita Hart, Vince Deadrick, Jr., and Lincoln Simonds), and television series such as Melrose Place (1994, with Lawrence Dobkin, Stanley Kamel, Monte Markham, and Spice Williams), Renegade (1993-1994, with Branscombe Richmond), and Tracey Takes On (1996-1999, with Michael McKean and Judy Geeson).

In 1993 she appeared as a stunt banquet guest in In the Line of Fire, with Gary Cole, Clyde Kusatsu, Carl Ciarfalio, Michael Zurich, Lena Banks, Robert Buckingham, Elizabeth Pengson, Sharon Schaffer, and Robin Morselli. As a background actress, Roberts appeared as a bar patron in the Cheers episodes "For Real Men Only" (1989, with Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth, Jay Robinson, Michael Braveheart, Randy James, Lorine Mendell, Keith Rayve, Mark Reilly, Nanci Rogers, Richard Sarstedt, and Rebecca Soladay) and "What is… Cliff Clavin?" (1990, with Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Thomas J. Booth, Alex Landi, Linda Harcharic, Rebecca Soladay, Marijane Cole, and Randy James).

Roberts passed away after a long battle with cancer at the Dallas Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas near her family. She was 41 years old.

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